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Corporate ownership transparency

2016-09-12T12:03:00+01:00

Secret or anonymously-owned companies pose a number of risks to shareholders - both financial and non-financial. This is primarily due to the difficulty in identifying the actual (“beneficial”) owners. Eryn Schornick (Global Witness) joins the PRI’s Olivia Mooney to discuss the issue, as well as the tools available to investors (also detailed in their new report, Chancing It).

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